Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-27
EXTENSIVE rxPnvEMKNrs
Already Decided upOn by the Waterworh
Company-New station Supplied With
tho Most Improved Machinery
Fifteen Miles Of Exten-
eiO0s This Year

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AS Slll5be remelnue, some months az
the. Wichita Waterworks Company made
purchase Of five acres of land on the Island il
the big river about two miles southwest Q
The. Douglas avenue bridge. This is above tn
point where the little river has its confiuenc
with the great Arkansas. The land secure
extends TO the waters edge. on both SIDES
the island:
Plans end specifications have arrived iron
the head cifice Of the company for the pumI
ing station, which will be located near tE'
center Of the land purchased. Work at IT,
same W II BE- commenced; iii n few Gays. A
OF the machinery viii be Of the most ln
proved styles and every effort made to make
'ne plant first-class in every respect
1he pumping station win have front o.
ninety-eight.. feet, .'sixty-four feet deep arc
one story high. 1t will be placed on soh'
s'one foundation and walls Of brick. Inc
building viii be divided into three parts
The coal room will be S0134 feet; TIE boiler
room 5Sx32 feet; pump and filter room OK
ieet. The smoke stack viii be ffty-nine feet
high The foundation in the coal room tei
ieet square and placed on solid stone founda
tlon extending five feet below the surface. y
wlll.he built Of brick and five feet square al
top. - The flue will be three feet square.
The water will be drawn from the river t.
the filter in conduit wells. The Hyatt filter
ing system will be used which is general,
| considered os,o of -, Tho VafQl
used at the exposition building in New Or
leans was purified by that system, having bee
taken from the docks in the Mississippi river.
1t is claimed that it relieves the water OF all
mechanical impurities and hands it over Il
the mains in desirable condition.
Having passed through the filter tho waite,
goes to the mains. What system of pumIs
viii be adopted has not as yet been decided
upon by the company. 1t is desired however
to secure the best and most improved system
The capacity will be near seven million gal
Ions per day. This will supply the city TO,
the present but that capacity will be increas
ed in obedience to the demand
The company will be compelled TO build a
bridge across the river for the dual purpo,'
for wagons and tie main connecting the
pumping station with the city. A sixteer
inch main will be laid from tn,
pump station at the corner of River an'
Central avenues. From that point the cit,
will be supplied by fourteen, twelve, ten.
eight and six-inch mains. An effort will Re
made to free the system of all dead esds anc
Tins eriU hcff.r ,ir nj of
ford better water for consumers and Civ,
better fire protection,
There is now in the city near twelve miles
OF mains. The extensions that have
already been ordered by the cemIaD,
and will probably be ordered this yea
Will amount to fifteen miles, which
wil'give the company line twenty~seve,
miles in length.
Before the present &C mpapy purchased the
plant quite a number of extensions WEI.
ordered. No mains were ordered, however
until the present company assumed control
All the orders of last Move mber lave not a
yet been filled, but twenty six car loads have
arrived ard mere are expected every day.
Yesterday Mr.. McCreary, the superinteD-
ent of the company, secured permission
from the county commissioners to lay mail
on the Douglas avenue bridge, connecting
the west side. That extension will lead from.
the corner Of Waco avenue and Second
street to Douglas avenue, thence west on
Douglas to Oak street. Along the loute a.
indicated above twelve inch main will b,
used. Ten inch main " ill run from the cor
ner Of Oak street and Douglas avenue
to Seneca street. Work on thai
line will be commenced this week
and rushed to completion. A head pip
layer who has been with the main compan,
for some years is III the city and will work o,
the new extensions. 4
The improve mems that are booked 70,
this year will cost between S25GGO an
100000. The rapid and UNI ar alleled gro~tt.
of the city has made it necessary to make ex-
tensions in almost every direction. Imme-
diateiy after the present company bough
the plant it was decided to Introduce quite 1,
number. OF changes. THIS was attended with
a vast amount Of work, aid super iutendeu,
e. w. McCreaIy las bs.n tusiiy engaged il.
bringing about the lew order of things